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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 347-JUNE 11, 1938 Deserters, etc. Apprehension, etc. Finance Service. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS, AND SO FORTH For the apprehension, securing, and delivering of soldiers absent without leave and of deserters, including escaped military prisoners, and the expenses incident to their pursuit; and no greater sum than $25 for each deserter or escaped military prisoner shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be paid to any civil officer or citizen for such services and expenses; for a donation of $10 to prisoner discharged otherwise than honorably upon his release from confinement under court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge, $15,000. FINANCE SERVICE Clerks, etc. For compensation of clerks and other employees of the Finance Department, including not to exceed $900 for any one person for allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, as 4 Stat. 818. authorized by the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U. S . C . 118a), $1,167,410. Private property damages. Payment of claims. Proviso. Settlement by Gen- eral Accounting Office, etc. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY For payment of claims, including claims of military and civilian personnel in and under the War Department, not exceeding $500 each in amount for damages to or loss of private property incident to the training, practice, operation, or maintenance of the Army that have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, from time to time, $10,000: Provided, That settlement of such claims shall be made by the Gen- eral Accounting Office, upon the approval and recommendation of the Secretary of War, where the amount of damages has been ascer- tained by the War Department, and payment thereof will be accepted by the owners of the property in full satisfaction of such damages. Destruction of pri- CLAIMS OF OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, AND NURSES OF THE ARMY FOR vate property of offi- cers, etc. DESTRUCTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY Payment of claims. 41 Stat. 1436 . 31 U. S. C. §§218- 222. Quartermaster Corps. Subsistence of the Army. Army Transport Service. Sales to officers, etc. Commutation al- lowances. For the payment of claims of officers, enlisted men, and nurses of the Army for private property lost, destroyed, captured, abandoned, or damaged in the military service of the United States under the provisions of an Act approved March 4, 1921 (31 U. S. C . 218-222), $18,500. QUARTERMASTER CORPS Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: For issue as rations to troops, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty, civil employees when entitled thereto, hospital matrons, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, general prisoners of war, and general prisoners at posts; ice for issue to organizations of enlisted men and officers at such places as the Secretary of War may determine, and for preservation of stores; for the subsistence of the masters, officers, crews, and employees of the vessels of the Army Transport Service; meals for recruiting parties and applicants for enlistment while under observation; for sales to officers, including members of the Officers' Reserve Corps while on active duty, and enlisted men of the Army. For payments: Of the regulation allowances of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted men on furlough, and to enlisted men when stationed at places where rations in kind cannot be economically issued, including retired enlisted men when ordered to active duty. For payment of the regulation allowance of commutation in lieu of rations for enlisted men, applicants for enlistment while held under observation, civilian employees who are entitled to subsistence at public expense, and general prisoners while sick in hospitals, to be paid to the sur- 648 [52 STAT.

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